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Quick Links - Linking to a Filtered Document Library
Hello, Most of our SP site is setup using Quick Links and the Grid view. This gives a nice size of image and a consistent feel to the site. However, I recently wanted to create a new page that al...
- I wrote a blog with something similar, but you should be able to use URL shortening tool is how I get around these for the time being.
https://webbtech365.blogspot.com/2018/11/use-mailto-and-other-link-types-with.html
Ok so here's the deal...If you want to get the "clean" absolute url for any list/library view in SharePoint Online follow these steps:
1. Visit the view to which you want to point users
2. In the view drop down, select "Edit Current View"
3. On the edit view screen - DON'T DO ANYTHING - just click on "cancel"
4. The absolute url will now be in the address bar (not that crazy ridiculously long thingy from before)
5. Copy this url and paste it into the Quick Links/Hero/Image/Button web parts and you should be good to go
I actually just got off the phone with MS Premiere support on this very issue and they said the workaround is to edit the end of the default view url and type in the words from the title of the view. I tried to explain to the rep that this was prone to errors because view URL's don't update automatically when someone edits the name of a view. It also doesn't work for views that were created with dashes in the name as the URL strips those out.
So to recap....just edit the current view, then cancel to grab a URL that will work in web parts.
I really hope this helps someone save a bunch of time...if you find any holes in my solution, please feel free to let me know.
Lastly, if this actually works for you, please mark it as a solution if possible.
1. Visit the view to which you want to point users
2. In the view drop down, select "Edit Current View"
3. On the edit view screen - DON'T DO ANYTHING - just click on "cancel"
4. The absolute url will now be in the address bar (not that crazy ridiculously long thingy from before)
5. Copy this url and paste it into the Quick Links/Hero/Image/Button web parts and you should be good to go
I actually just got off the phone with MS Premiere support on this very issue and they said the workaround is to edit the end of the default view url and type in the words from the title of the view. I tried to explain to the rep that this was prone to errors because view URL's don't update automatically when someone edits the name of a view. It also doesn't work for views that were created with dashes in the name as the URL strips those out.
So to recap....just edit the current view, then cancel to grab a URL that will work in web parts.
I really hope this helps someone save a bunch of time...if you find any holes in my solution, please feel free to let me know.
Lastly, if this actually works for you, please mark it as a solution if possible.
Brilliant. This worked for me... after hours of searching.